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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Hinton drive a car he stole?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 years.
(d) 2 years.

2. How tall was the man who kept committing the Birmingham restaurant robberies?
(a) 5 feet 11.
(b) 5 feet 9.
(c) 6 feet 2.
(d) 5 feet 6.

3. In Chapter 7, about how long had it been since Hinton broke up with Sylvia?
(a) About a year.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. How many court cases did Andrew Payne say he had testified in that involved firearms identification?
(a) 125.
(b) 2.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 50.

5. After an 18-year hiatus, when did Alabama again begin electrocuting people?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1983.

6. What cell was Hinton assigned to on death row?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 11.

7. What year did Hinton and his family have to leave Praco?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1981.

8. What was Hinton doing when he was arrested?
(a) Working.
(b) Cutting grass in his mother's yard.
(c) Fixing a neighbor kid's tricycle.
(d) Sleeping.

9. How much money did Perhacs want to appeal Hinton's case to the U.S. Supreme Court?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $20,000.

10. How tall was Hinton when he was arrested?
(a) 6 feet 2 inches.
(b) 5 feet 10 1/2 inches.
(c) 5 feet 11 inches.
(d) 6 feet.

11. After Perhacs' motion for a new trial was denied, how many days were allowed to file a notice of appeal?
(a) 50.
(b) 60.
(c) 42.
(d) 30.

12. When Hinton was arrested and taken to the police station, how many officers were waiting with David Barber, district attorney, when he was brought in?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

13. What was the name of Lester's mom?
(a) Phoebe.
(b) Leila.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Serena.

14. From where were Hinton and the other Black kids bussed when the county integrated the schools when he was in high school?
(a) Quinton.
(b) Williamsburg.
(c) Praco.
(d) Alliance.

15. How much money did an expert want to be paid to testify about the gun taken from Hinton's home?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tests were given to Hinton during his polygraph test?

2. When was Hinton born?

3. In what city was Hinton directed to be incarcerated?

4. What was the date of the newspaper article that discussed whether the bullets fired from Hinton's gun were used in the slayings and shooting of the restaurant managers?

5. How long had Hinton been on death row by the time Perhacs appealed Hinton's case to the Alabama Supreme Court?

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